The more we understand our mind, the more we understand the world.

Those who understand interdependent origination understand suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.

The ocean does not reject any water; therefore it is great. The mountain does not select its stones; therefore it is great.

Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: you won't be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you.

Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.

Your own treasure house contains everything you need; why search outside?

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

Breathing in, there is only the present moment. Breathing out, it is a wonderful moment.

The mind is everything. What you think you become.

One moment can change a day, one day can change a life, and one life can change the world.

Rather than letting our negativity get the better of us, we could acknowledge that right now we feel like a piece of shit and not be squeamish about taking a good look.

The most important thing in life is to know death is coming and to prepare for it.

The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else's highlight reel.

The only way to experience truth is to look within, to observe oneself.

The development of wisdom does not occur in isolation but requires the cultivation of the entire Noble Eightfold Path.

The Four Noble Truths are not mere doctrinal propositions but a framework for understanding and transforming our lives.

The Noble Eightfold Path is not a path of mere intellectual understanding but a path of practice, of inner transformation.

When you see forms or hear sounds fully engaging body-and-mind, you intuit dharma intimately.

The dharma is not in the books. If you want to find the dharma, look in your mind.

The most important factor in achieving happiness is the mind. Happiness and suffering are mental states and therefore depend on the mind.

Emptiness is not nothingness. Emptiness is the space of possibility.

The practice is like peeling an onion. Layer after layer of delusion is removed through continuous mindfulness.

Meditation is not about getting rid of thoughts; it's about changing the way we relate to them.

Wisdom is not about accumulating knowledge, but about seeing through all knowledge.

Impermanence, suffering, and non-self are not philosophical concepts but realities to be directly perceived through mindfulness practice.

Both formerly and now, it is only suffering that I describe, and the cessation of suffering.

A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.

The Dhamma is not a collection of doctrinal formulas but a path leading to direct insight into the nature of reality.

The Buddha and all sentient beings are nothing but expressions of the one mind. There is nothing else.

The sign of wisdom is constant joy.

The key to transformation is not to fight with our experience but to open to it with awareness.

Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.

Craving and aversion are the roots of suffering. Observe them with equanimity.